SOLSTICE is a high quality bread-making wheat that is popular with millers and has been reclassified by nabim as a Group 1 variety. It has performed very reliably in commercial usage and is straightforward to grow with no significant agronomic weaknesses.
Solstice has produced high yields in both treated and untreated trials.
Solstice has produced high yields across all HGCA regions of the UK. It has proved to be a reliable variety in trials, performing close to its UK mean yield when sown as a first or second cereal, and across a range of soil types and seasons.
Although Solstice is a relatively tall strawed variety, it has excellent lodging resistance. It has very good resistance to sprouting. |
Y = Suitable for that market (Y) = May be suited for that market. Solstice is a nabim Group 1 variety with excellent milling characteristics producing high rates of flour extraction and appealing white flour, offering growers the potential for milling premiums in the domestic market. Solstice can also meet the specifications of the export market giving growers a choice of premium market outlets.
Solstice has good disease resistance, especially to yellow rust and, importantly for a quality variety, Fusarium ear blight. The development of mildew and eyespot will require monitoring, especially in early sown, thick crops and brown rust should be catered for where this is historically a problem.
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Data from the HGCA Recommended Lists database, full data at www.hgca.com
